The Joint University Research Project is a publication project coordinated by the CRE. It was officially launched in 1981.

The Joint University Research Project was created with the aim of establishing a history of European universities, from the Middle Ages to the present, in order to show the development of the university as an institution as well as its relationship with other social partners through time.

The first part was the publication of the ' Historical Compendium of European Universities - Répertoire historique des universités européennes'. It was published in 1984 under the guidance of Lubor Jilek. This work compounds the history of each European university.

The second part was the publication of the series 'A History of the University in Europe', which was published between 1993 and 2011.

The files available here highlight the meetings and various exchanges between the participants involved in the series and the work leading to the publications. It contains mainly minutes, reports and correspondence.

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' Historical Compendium of European Universities - Répertoire historique des universités européennes' was published in English and French by the CRE.

'A History of the University in Europe was published in English by Cambridge University Press under the following titles:
- A history of the university in Europe, Volume I, Universities in the Middle Ages.
- A history of the university in Europe, Volume II, Universities in early modern Europe: (1500-1800).
- A history of the university in Europe, Volume III, Universities in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries (1800-1945).
- A history of the university in Europe, Volume IV, Universities since 1945.

The volumes were also published in German, Portuguese and Spanish, under the following titles (for the general project) :
- Geschichte der Universität in Europa.
- Uma Historia da universadade na europa.
- Historia de la universidad en Europa.

The publications in English are available at the Library of the European University Institute.